Written by Jacalyn Carfagno for Kentucky Lantern As the Kentucky General Assembly gathers in Frankfort, lawmakers will be looking for ways to lift Kentucky’s workforce participation rate, attract employers and usher in a more prosperous future. They’ll likely consider tax policy, infrastructure subsidies and education’s role in growing an economy, making this a good time […]
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Daniel Cameron joins anti-ESG group after leaving office
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern Former Republican governor candidate and Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is now an executive with a group that aims to “steer public companies back to neutral on divisive, ideological issues.” The 1792 Exchange announced Cameron would join the not-for-profit organization as its chief executive officer in a press release […]
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Abortion foe Sen. Westerfield proposes sweeping new supports for Kentucky families
Written by Deborah Yetter for Kentucky Lantern A Republican legislator from Western Kentucky has filed a sweeping measure to provide more support for families through a major financial boost to child care, education, housing, health services and other measures aimed at pregnant individuals and women with children. Senate Bill 34, filed Tuesday by Sen. Whitney Westerfield, […]
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McConnell applauds Kentucky Republicans’ rise at public swearing-in of constitutional officers
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s most prominent Republican, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, applauded his party’s continued hold on most of Kentucky’s constitutional offices as newly elected or reelected officials took their public oaths of office on Tuesday in the Capitol Rotunda. “I’m thrilled to have an opportunity to be here […]
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Still crusading for ‘kinship care’ families
Written by Deborah Yetter for Kentucky Lantern For Barry Shrout, raising four granddaughters is a role he willingly took on — and that he acknowledges is exhausting and expensive. “The financial part of it is a big thing with me,” said Shrout, 66, a single grandfather from Maysville who has custody of the girls ages […]
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The US avoided a recession in 2023. What’s the outlook for 2024?
Written by Casey Quinlan for the Kentucky Lantern Next year is packed with potential shifts in the economy but many economists and investment analysts expect that the country will likely avoid a recession in 2024 even as growth slows in the first half of the year. States Newsroom talked to economists about their expectations for some key metrics […]
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Beshear unveils his state spending plan: teacher raises, universal pre-K, water infrastructure
Written by Liam Niemeyer for Kentucky Lantern Newly reelected Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear unveiled a proposed two-year state budget — 15 days before the Republican-dominated legislature is scheduled to convene — and began selling his ideas to a statewide audience on KET Monday night. The $136.6 billion spending plan, what Beshear called the “largest budget […]
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Republican backs bill to remove guns from Kentuckians at risk of hurting selves or others
Written by Sarah Ladd for the Kentucky Lantern This story mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. A Republican-backed draft bill aimed at removing firearms from Kentuckians at risk of harming themselves or others garnered mixed reactions from the Interim […]
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Kentucky woman who sued for right to abortion now carrying embryo with no ‘cardiac activity’
Written by Sarah Ladd for Kentucky Lantern Four days after a Kentucky woman sued for the right to an abortion, her lawyers said the embryo she carried “no longer had cardiac activity” as of Monday morning. A spokesperson for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky declined to say whether Jane Doe, as the woman […]
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Kentucky Supreme Court affirms voting districts in gerrymandering challenge
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s recently redrawn congressional and legislative districts will stand for future elections. In an opinion published Thursday morning, the Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate’s previous decision that the maps were a result of “partisan gerrymanders” but did not find them unconstitutional. “Regardless of how unusual […]